From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 16:09:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 158761065685 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:09:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7058FC14 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:09:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m9RG9kRv020295; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:09:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m9RG9kLB020294; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:09:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:09:46 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200810271609.m9RG9kLB020294@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, dudu.meyer@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:09:47 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: ifconfig won't allow me to change ether address and inet address in ?the same command X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, dudu.meyer@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:09:49 -0000 Eduardo Meyer wrote: > # ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: can't set link-level netmask or broadcast > > # ifconfig rl0 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 > ifconfig: ether: bad value > > # ifconfig rl0 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 > # ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 > > I ask you some help, how can I accomplish both tasks with rc_ng? In /etc/rc.conf > > ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3" > > Won't allow me to do what I want. Any suggestions? I would like like > to edit /etc/rc.local and any other kind of "workaround". Can rc.conf > issue ifconfig twice for the same nic? > > Or can ifconfig accomplish this task by someway else other than > issuing the command twice? Others have already suggested several workarounds. Another possibility is to set only the IP via rc.conf: ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0" And set the MAC address with an interface start script which should be named /etc/start_if.rl0 in your case and contain this line: ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "What is this talk of 'release'? We do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes', leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake."